Friday, 15 June 2012

Tute: Using A Bloc-Loc To Cut Half-Square Triangle (HST) Squares

17 April 2014:

I've recently learnt how to 'slide' a too large Bloc-Loc along a diagonal seam to cut a smaller square - knowing this technique means if you buy the largest 12.5" Bloc-Loc then you can use it for any size HST you ever need and don't need to buy lots of different Bloc-Loc sizes. You can see how it's done here in my HST X Block Tute

NB: If you're a 'press your seams open' girl then the Bloc-Loc won't work for you, if you still want to use this great tool maybe you could consider side pressing just for this part of your quilting?

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18 comments:

The tutors at The City Quilter are really good at telling us about the tools that really work - I also have one by the same company that you slot over a flying geese block to square it up - that is also fab.

I have one of these. It's awesome. As long as you don't press seams open. I learned that the hard way :) I got mine at a quilt show in New Jersey. The owners had a booth. Now I have to get one of those rotating mats!!!!

Some of these gadgets are really great aren't they - the ones that you use time and time again and then there's those that are such a waste of money! I know we all have our own ways but my first quilting tutor advised me to press all seams to one side to reduce stress on the stitches - the only exception was when joining binding strips and then press open to reduce bulk, I've stuck with it so I've never thought that the Bloc-Loc wouldn't work if you didn't it that way - good tip, thanks :)

Hi Sarah, I haven't found anywhere in the UK online that's selling these rulers (if anyone out there knows how to get hold of them please let me know!) but the Bloc-Loc website will ship internationally and I checked and United Kingdom is an option on the 'deliver to' list when you place an order. Hope this helps :)

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